Insights and Stories on COVID-19

Alberta gives oil and gas drillers municipal tax break

Oct. 19, 2020 at 3:41 pm CDT

Reuters — Struggling oil and gas companies in Alberta will get a three-year break on municipal property taxes for land where they are drilling wells or building pipelines, the provincial government said on Monday. The Alberta government said it would also lower property tax assessments on less-productive wells and eliminate […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat from 11-month high

Oct. 16, 2020 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Manitoba cattle sector gets COVID-19 AgriRecovery

Oct. 15, 2020 at 11:57 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures climb to more than 10-month high

Oct. 15, 2020 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

World Food Program seeking billions within six months to avert famine

Oct. 13, 2020 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Maytaal Angel

Klassen: Feeder market digests rising COVID-19 cases

Oct. 12, 2020 at 9:06 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged while calves traded steady to $2 lower on average. The grain harvest is in its final stages and buying interest was noted from the farmer/backgrounding operator. The buying frenzy over yearlings has eased and finishing feedlots were active on […]

By Jerry Klassen

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

Oct. 6, 2020 at 3:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hog prices in North America typically come under pressure heading into fall, as the end of barbecue season coincides with more hogs coming to slaughter. However, strong global demand has propped up hog prices in recent weeks, with cash prices increasing by over 25 per cent. Fewer hogs […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Federal program to protect farms, workers from COVID-19 underway

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:24 pm CDT

Applications are now open for a federally-administered $35 million emergency on-farm support fund to help limit the impacts of COVID-19 on farms and on-farm workers. Aimed at farm workplaces and employee living quarters, the fund is being managed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), but cost-shared with participating producers at […]

By D.C. Fraser

Canada to keep U.S. border curbs until pandemic much less serious

Oct. 2, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will maintain restrictions on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak in both nations is much less serious, a senior government official said on Friday. The comments by federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair suggest that the ban on non-essential travel could […]

By David Ljunggren Steve Scherer

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sag on harvest pressure, investor caution

Oct. 2, 2020 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday on expectations for the harvest of both crops to expand in the heart of the Corn Belt, and on investor caution following news of U.S. President Donald Trump’s positive test for COVID-19, analysts said. Wheat futures firmed on […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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